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African Americans Depicted in Art
African Americans Depicted in Art in the United States Capitol and Legislative Buildings are listed below:
Busts
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bronze by by John Wilson, 1985.
Sojourner Truth
Bronze by by Artis Lane, 2009.
Portraits
Blanche Kelso Bruce, Senator from Mississippi
Senate Collection
Shirley Chisholm, Representative from New York
Oil on canvas by Kadir Nelson, 2008.
William L. Dawson, Chair of Government Operations, 1969–1974
Oil on canvas by Robert Bruce Williams, 1968.
Ron Dellums, Chair of Armed Services Committee 1993–1994
Oil on canvas by André White, 1997.
William H. Gray III, Chair of Budget Committee 1985-1988
Oil on canvas by Simmie Knox, 1996.
Augustus Hawkins, Chair of Education & Labor committee 1984–1991
Oil on canvas by Joseph Maniscalco, 1990.
Parren Mitchell, Chair of the House Small Business Committee 1981–1986
Photograph on canvas by Joseph D. Clipper, Jr., no date.
Paintings
Hannibal Collins
Battle of Lake Erie, 1813, by William H. Powell, Senate Collection
Oscar Marion
General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share his Meal, by John Blake White, Senate Collection
Murals
Ronald E. McNair
The Challenger Crew, Oil on canvas by Charles Schmidt, 1987.
Crispus Attucks
The Boston Massacre, 1770, Lunette in fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1871.
Unidentified man
Capitol Site Selection, 1791, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1974.
Henry Garnet and several unidentified men
Civil Rights Bill Passes, 1866, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1974.
Unidentified man
Cornwallis Sues for Cessation of Hostilities Under the Flag of Truce, Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1857.
Three workmen
"The Cotton Gin" vignette next to Iron Foundry, circa 1850, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.
Unidentified man voting
"Emancipation Proclamation" vignette next to Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, 1865, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.
Joseph H. Rainey
"The First Black Congressman" vignette next to Women’s Suffrage Parade, 1917, Oil on canvas by Allyn Cox, 1982.
Unidentified man and woman
Share Croppers vignette, Oil on canvas by EverGreene Painting Studios, 1993.
Unidentified young man holding mule
Westward the Course of Empire Takes It Way, Stereochromy by Emanuel Leutze, 1862.
